Selena Gomez laughs off Republican calling to ‘deport’ her over Ice raid video
Selena Gomez laughs off Republican calling to ‘deport’ her over Ice raid video
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Texas-born actor says ‘Thanks for the laugh’ after politician attacks her over video expressing sympathy for immigrants. Selena Gomez – the Texas-born pop star and actor whose paternal grandparents are from Mexico – has laughed off a failed Republican US Senate hopeful’s call for her to be deported from the country after she recorded a video of herself expressing sympathy for people affected by Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Responding to a comment from the former candidate that she should be “deported” over her video, Gomez took to social media and wrote in part: “Thanks for the laugh.”. Gomez nonetheless deleted the video amid a social media pile-on primarily driven by conservatives in favor of deportation raids that Trump’s administration has been carrying out early in his second presidency, which began on 20 January.
The clip in question showed the 32-year-old Gomez wiping away tears as she remarked: “I just wanted to say that I’m so sorry. All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. “I wish I could do something, but I can’t. I’ll try everything. I promise.”.
Gomez’s lament captured the attention of the Trump administration. Asked in an interview with Fox News about the two-time Grammy award nominee’s video, Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, cited the unfounded administration talking point that the exclusive focus of the immigration raids had been people with criminal histories who had come to the US without permission.
